News Summary

• A fight with Brooklyn small business Art of Play reveals the dark side of celebrity worship.
• The speed at which a celebrity’s will can mobilize the public should be deeply concerning.
• If a former karaoke-singing talk show host, a cocky shop owner and a sweet wooden bird caught in the middle can have so many people at each other's throats, the world has officially tilted off its axis and begun spinning into perdition.
• The situation has become multilayered and far too overblown in the days since.